Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Bo Derek

Malibu's Most Wanted stars Jamie Kennedy (Scream) as a white boy named Brad (or, as he prefers it, B-Rad) from the beach community north of L.A. who thinks he's a hip-hop star on the ver...( read more  read more... )ge of discovery. His wannabe rap star persona is an embarrassment to his father's political campaign, so his father's handlers hire two actors (Anthony Anderson and Taye Diggs) to pretend to be ghetto gangsters, kidnap B-Rad, and "scare the black out of him." The movie's main source of comedy is that these prissy actors are no more street than B-Rad, so they're posing even more than he is. Malibu's Most Wanted isn't the Scary Movie-style lampoon you might expect; it's actually a surprisingly earnest character comedy about the cultural behaviors people use to identify themselves. This approach may get in the way of some potential laughs, but it also gives the movie some heart. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 86 min.

Directed by: John Whitesell

Release Date: April 18, 2003

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DVD Release Date: September 9, 2003

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  • August 15, 2009
    "Don't be hatin'"

    A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.

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    Great premise, but they managed to muck it up. This flick was big on stereotypes; small on imagination. A lot of the humor was sophomoric and crass; indicating a not- too - mature writing staff. Some adult supervision would have greatly enhanced this predictable bore. The casting was great - all the main characters were quite capable and the movie did have its moments. Jamie Kennedy had the rap-wannabe dialect down. The movie quickly became bogged down with racial stereotyping, however: hostile blacks, lots of guns, women as sex objects. This film had lots of potential - it just needed some direction and, in the end, originality. The word "bitch" was used so frequently as it would indicate that the script writer received royalties for it. "Bitch", "bee-och"; it quickly graduated from offensive to nauseating.
  • June 15, 2008
    pretty FOREAKING AWFUL
  • August 20, 2007
    Makes a fine addition to my collection.
  • August 3, 2007
    to me this was hilarious...don't be hatin lol
  • June 29, 2006
    I may be jewish but i got a nice Schlong, L M F A O!!!!!!! Dat One Line got the 1.5/5 from this movie, It was soo funny! lol!
  • November 5, 2009
    I don't know what's worse, this movie, or the people it was making fun of. I can't tell if this movie was a comedy or a documentary.
  • October 22, 2009
    How could somebody let this crap into a theater???
  • October 17, 2009
    This was one of those stupid-funny movies that's easy to reference with your friends, but it's not great comedy. The third act is especially terrible.
  • October 1, 2009
    una pelicula con un humor diferente
  • September 7, 2009
    PRETTY DANG HILARIOUS

Critic Reviews


April 18, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

The Jamie Kennedy comedy vehicle Malibu's Most Wanted faces a seemingly insurmountable problem: It's really a lot better when Kennedy isn't on screen. full review

April 18, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie has a good satirical idea and does some nice things with it, but not enough. full review

April 17, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

[Kennedy] has a pretty good I'm-lame -but-I-believe -in-myself shtick going there. However, it doesn't last nearly as long as Malibu's Most Wanted's running time. full review

April 16, 2003
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The film is cast in the SNL film mold -- taking an uninspired one-note joke and tirelessly running it into the ground for an hour and a half. full review

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  • chrisheimes
    January 24, 2007
    this movie is pretty good.record this first comment in the record books

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